I agree the hit was clean by the book but it’s penalized every time in today’s NFL. Here is my problem. If that’s any other LB in the league, JuJu lays off that hit a bit. Because the league refuses to ban Burfict, it causes plays like this to happen. If the league cared about player safety, they prevent this kind of play. Instead, they fail to do their job and the players keep escalating things. It could easily have been Brown on a stretcher too. He absolutely should have gone through protocol.

Juju seemed pretty sincere when he said he didn't even realize who he hit until he was standing over him.

What do you expect him to say: "Oh I knew it was 55 and I wanted to punish him"?

League would come down hard on that shit, just like the did to the Saints for bountyhunting

Any good WR is going to recognize and remember who is on that side of the field before the ball is snapped: tendencies, weaknesses, strengths, etc

Juju knew who it was and was smiling like a butcher's dog when he popped him

Burfict was faking all night long. He stopped the game twice holding his arm like it was broken and the replay showed nothing. Yet he miraculously made it back on the field after sitting out one play. Ben was ripping them apart with the no huddle and Burfict was trying to to kill the momentum. As for the Juju hit, he has to be carried off via a stretcher, yet we're not going to talk about how he rolled over and went after Juju's ankle right after Juju stood over him. I think leaving via a stretcher was an act to see if he can't get the league to fine or suspend Juju. He was embarrassed because Juju took his manhood away from him. I don't think anyone has ever laid out Burfict like that before.

Agreed. Burfucked was pushing JuJu's legs right after the hit, jumped off the cart. JuJu led with the shoulder, helmets collided. Taunting for sure tho.

I'll be disappointed if they suspend him. Fine him.

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What goes around comes around, karma is a bitch. Zero compassion for the douche. He has been running around intentionally trying to injure people for years. Remember the leg twisting in a pile. I was smiling from ear to ear. The hit on Brown was much more egregious yet barely a peep.

I have been to Cincy once, and that was the game Ward clobbered Rivers. That town is literally a 1 horse town, and on Saturday nite before game downtown was all black and gold. Good times.

Yeah. It’s because idiot Gruden set the narrative. JuJu’s hit was almost clean; the Brown hit wasn’t close to clean. Regardless, h2h hits happen regularly with no suspensions or ejections. Don’t know why Gruden got so irate at this one besides his fuckboy being on the receiving end.

One thing I didn’t understand about this play is that Cincy accepted the taunting penalty which should have been a dead ball foul. In that case the Steelers should have been credited with a first down and had to move 15 yards back from where the play ended. Instead, the officials walked off 15 yards from where the penalty occurred and replayed the down. Am I losing it or did this get fucked up?

One thing I didn’t understand about this play is that Cincy accepted the taunting penalty which should have been a dead ball foul. In that case the Steelers should have been credited with a first down and had to move 15 yards back from where the play ended. Instead, the officials walked off 15 yards from where the penalty occurred and replayed the down. Am I losing it or did this get fucked up?

I think the issue is where was the ball at the moment the foul occurred. If it was past the first down marker it should have been 15 yards back from the point where the ball was held when the foul occurred, first down. If not yet at first down marker then point ball held back 15 yards second (or third or fourth down). In Canada it would be adjudicated that way

One thing I didn’t understand about this play is that Cincy accepted the taunting penalty which should have been a dead ball foul. In that case the Steelers should have been credited with a first down and had to move 15 yards back from where the play ended. Instead, the officials walked off 15 yards from where the penalty occurred and replayed the down. Am I losing it or did this get fucked up?

I think the issue is where was the ball at the moment the foul occurred. If it was past the first down marker it should have been 15 yards back from the point where the ball was held when the foul occurred, first down. If not yet at first down marker then point ball held back 15 yards second (or third or fourth down). In Canada it would be adjudicated that way

Ooops USS misread your question. Yes I agree dead ball after first down back 15 yards first down. I BELIEVE the refs screwed it up unless they claim the taunting happened during the play????

Bengals locker room interviews and bengal forums all are focused on the JuJu block. Calling it illegal and dirty.

Meanwhile, no mention of the H2H hit on AB in the end zone, or the cheap shot late hit on BR. They are also equating burfucked being carted away as being the same as shazier. It was painfully obvious to me he, or his coaching staff/trainers thought they could capitalize on the hit. Burfucked was ready to get up and confront JuJu. Nobody mentions he jumped off the cart once it was out of view. They gambled, thinking they could hold the steelers without him for the last minutes of the game and thought the penalty would sink the steelers.

And I'll throw this here as well. Ginger, between the lines, says the reason they lost the game was because of bogus penalties(TD called back) and cheap hits by the steelers (mixon out with a concussion/ burfucked).

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That is really the first controversial play that JuJu has made in his career. It happened while the play was ongoing, not after the whistle, if you look at the play Burfect saw the block coming. This is not the way Hines would sometimes blindside somebody where they did not even see him coming.

For the NFL to suspend him for one game over this, his first serious miscue is ridiculous. Especially when you see other players, like Burfect who repeatedly do things over and over then eventually get a game suspension after a pattern of behavior. Gronk, I can understand that one, player was on the ground, play was over, and he went off on him. With JuJu it was a bang bang play, he did it while Bell was running with the football, don't really understand in my mind how anybody can say that was a dirty, illegal hit, rules be damned. What was JuJu supposed to do in that scenario, let Burfect tackle Bell from behind. Just stand there and do nothing?

Has any first time offender besides Juju ever been suspended for a non-dirty but arguably (I don't think it was) rule breaking hit?

LB from Chicago was suspended a game for his hit on Davonte Adams, believe that game was also a primetime game. Had either of those hits occurred in a noon sunday game nothing would be done, shit only hits the fan once ESPN starts banging their drums.

Also, fuck Gruden. On the TD to Green, Watt's jersey was clearly pulled away from him and Gruen screamed where is the foul. Bryant's arm was grabbed and held and Gruden screamed where is the foul. A, what appeared to be legal play, and Gruden screams where is the ejection.

If you watched the ESPN build up to the game, it was a porno of violent hits from previous games so their moniker of “The Rivalry” would work. The hypocrisy is insane. Gruden and Sean M. have absolutely no clue of the context in which they speak. No preparation in the game is quite obvious. Gruden’s knee jerk gut feeling calls are awful. This guy is tough. That guy is tough. He is no Collinsworth.

Secondly that block was legal. Even the taunting was a stretch if you can see the all 22. Bell was still chugging for a few seconds after the block. You could argue he was standing over him to ensure he didn’t get back up. I don’t think he was standing over him after the whistle.

Ok, you lost me. You could only argue that behind black and gold colored glasses the size of dinner plates. Come On Man

The only precedent was vs AZ in the superbowl when Harrison was fucking the guy up on the punt return. just kept knocking him down over and over and I thought that was a good football play.

One thing I didn’t understand about this play is that Cincy accepted the taunting penalty which should have been a dead ball foul. In that case the Steelers should have been credited with a first down and had to move 15 yards back from where the play ended. Instead, the officials walked off 15 yards from where the penalty occurred and replayed the down. Am I losing it or did this get fucked up?

They took the taunting penalty because it counts towards him getting ejected. But I am not sure if they considered it a dead ball foul as he was standing over him while Bell was still in the process of getting tackled or should I say running over Kirpatrick.Gif from Steeler/PSU Fan post.